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View synonyms for stormy

stormy

[ stawr-mee ]

adjective

, storm·i·er, storm·i·est.
  1. affected, characterized by, or subject to storms; tempestuous:

    a stormy sea.

  2. characterized by violent commotion, actions, speech, passions, etc.:

    a stormy debate.



stormy

/ ˈstɔːmɪ /

adjective

  1. characterized by storms
  2. subject to, involving, or characterized by violent disturbance or emotional outburst


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Derived Forms

  • ˈstormily, adverb
  • ˈstorminess, noun

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Other Words From

  • stormi·ly adverb
  • stormi·ness noun
  • un·stormi·ly adverb
  • un·stormi·ness noun
  • un·stormy adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of stormy1

1150–1200; Middle English; Old English stormig. See storm, -y 1

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Example Sentences

Subsequent guests have included comedian Margaret Cho and self proclaimed “hurricane of intellectual sexuality,” Stormy Leather.

The word most used to describe it, including by Kathryn, was “stormy.”

The log cabin in which they sleep has no floor or window, and wind and rain pour in during the stormy days.

In riveting testimony, Arias also described the stormy affair that had led her to the courtroom.

A couple getting off the Gray Line tour bus had just flown in from Mexico City on Wednesday night, missing the stormy conditions.

It was a cloudy, stormy evening: high wind was blowing, and the branches of the trees groaned and creaked above our heads.

Little Rye was sown, but that little is very good; Barley is suffering from the stormy weather, but is quite thrifty.

The season was stormy, and contrary winds prevailed the greater part of the time.

From the 5th to the 10th of July, we had continued stormy and cold weather, with a heavy sea, and great rolling of the ship.

It was a cheerless morning when they got into the street, blowing and raining hard, and the clouds looking dull and stormy.

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